Planning for the Unexpected … Research Organization & Mechanisms Dr. Mel Ciment Consultant

Technologies to enable an adaptable infrastructure An effective global response capability must interoperate between the private sector resources distribution chain and the US, State governments and other sources Plan research program on a model of a ubiquitous private sector IT-based supply chain model IT-based service and product delivery infrastructure for a flexible global economic system, mobile applications,… Build in trust: an effective global system must provide a high level of security and privacy assurance Test policy based dynamic configurations

Research Agenda... Planning for the Unexpected  Asset Inventory Risk assessment of human, physical transactional; GIS tools  Scenario Building Cascade analysis, modeling-simulation, timeliness,  Information Systems Interoperability, access to critical data, sensor architecture/availability, legacy systems, robustness, privacy/security, grid computing,fault tolerance, data mining, flexibility, scaling,..  Organizational Architecture-Orgware Decision response hierarchy, autonomous policy based -- active reasoning, communications-feedback,…  Research Modalities Individual grants, Pilots, Testbeds, Centers, Budgets

Critical Technologies Assessment Conduct assessment of critical enabling technologies-Roadmap: Trusted IT systems with Privacy and Security High performance dynamic information infrastructure Dynamic IT mobile applications deployed globally Ubiquitous advanced sensors, bio-nano-scale technologies, wireless, grid computing, scaling, ….

National Testbeds, Enabling Centers and Pilots  Develop, test, integrate, and evaluate new capabilities in realistic settings, National Pilots, Testbeds, and Centers Individual researcher grants are critical, but this will require large scale testing  Establish collection of free-standing community pilots and testbeds throughout all sectors of government, industry, academia, emphasizing IT-based services  Scope out the research infrastructure that will promote advanced research participation/investment by all sectors

Technology Transfer Mechanisms Overall strategy based on the progressive transition of pilots and testbeds into future systems Promote partnership between industry, universities and local and national governmental units Open Technology Roadmap forums to hasten and promote global adoption Identify and update Critical Technologies List Involve young students at all stages of the research, testing and evaluation enterprise to speed adoption of emerging technologies Conduct scenario competitions, award prizes, fellowships, etc Spin off technologies and policies will enable progressive deployment to improve IT support for all citizen services